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Initiative by president Joh F. Kennedy who was influenced by his sister's intellectual disability. This law authorized funds for training professionals who work with special needs children.
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Section 504 of the Rehabilitaion Act.
This legislation provides for equal access to programs and services for people with disabilities. It states that they cannot be denied participation in activites or programs soely because of their disabilities. The law also broadens the definition and protection to include students with failing grades, suspension, or chronic behavioral problems. -
Federal government accepted responsibility for providing support and resources for children with disabilities.The law was designed to assure that all handicapped children have available to them a free appropriate public education which emphasized special education and related services designed to meet their unique needs.
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Education for All Handicapped Children Act was changed to Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. (IDEA). This legislation allocated federal funds for the states to develop plans and programs for children and their families from birth. This legislation also stated that parents are entitiled to assist in developing the IEP, students are entitled to public education and are entitled to nondiscriminatory assesment procedures.
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Americans with Disabilities Act.
This law extended the civil rights to persons with disabilites. -
No Child Left Behind.
This legislation impacts all children and a special impact on children with disabilities. NCLB requires schools to present data to prove their effectiveness. The schools are held accountable and funds can be withdrawn at any time, if they do not meet the NCLB standards. -
This act is a reautorized verison on the basic legislation. Its major changes addressed the quality of the personnel, the IEP standards and that the transition services must be addressed in the IEP at age 16 and younger.
